Quilts for Other People's Kidstag:typepad.com,2003:gallery-194512007-01-30T10:50:33-05:00I make quilts. I make a lot of quilts. Most of them are for other people's children.
I welcome the excuse to work with bright colors and cheerful prints. I believe children should have something warm, soft, and selected expressly for them by someone who loves them. I love seeing a kid wrapped up in something I've made.TypePadQuilt for E.tag:typepad.com,2003:photo-3031752003-07-07T23:39:05-04:002003-07-07T23:39:05-04:00I made this for E. as a quick gift, with very simple piecing and machine-appliquéd hearts. The front showcases panels of Barbie fabric a nasty polyester with a plasticky sheen. The back is a single panel depicting several of the spineless Disney princesses. It's quilted with heart motifs and free-motion stippling.
It's pink. It's purple. I know. Look, she was five. She liked Barbie.Julie

I made this for E. as a quick gift, with very simple piecing and machine-appliquéd hearts. The front showcases panels of Barbie fabric &#151; a nasty polyester with a plasticky sheen. The back is a single panel depicting several of the spineless Disney princesses. It's quilted with heart motifs and free-motion stippling.
It's pink. It's purple. I know. Look, she was <i>five</i>. She liked Barbie.

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Quilt for T.tag:typepad.com,2003:photo-3031732004-03-07T23:39:05-05:002004-03-07T23:39:05-05:00This quilt is an I Spy quilt you know, "I spy something good to eat." "I spy...a cat doing something unusual!" "I spy...um, I spy...a licensed character from an insipid children's TV show!"
It's about 70 x 70" and features over 100 different novelty prints alternating with a spectrum of fabrics I dyed myself.Julie

This quilt is an I Spy quilt &#151; you know, "I spy something good to eat." "I spy...a cat doing something unusual!" "I spy...um, I spy...a licensed character from an insipid children's TV show!"
It's about 70 x 70" and features over 100 different novelty prints alternating with a spectrum of fabrics I dyed myself.

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Quilt for J.tag:typepad.com,2003:photo-3031772004-03-09T23:39:06-05:002004-03-09T23:39:06-05:00I started this quilt in July of 2003, when H. and I were both pregnant. Progress stalled when I miscarried in August; I didn't pick it up again until November, when H. had the baby, a little girl.
It's about 56" square, featuring a jungle animal print in the center of each block and star quilting throughout.Julie

I started this quilt in July of 2003, when H. and I were both pregnant. Progress stalled when I miscarried in August; I didn't pick it up again until November, when H. had the baby, a little girl.
It's about 56" square, featuring a jungle animal print in the center of each block and star quilting throughout.

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Quilt for J. single blocktag:typepad.com,2003:photo-3031782004-03-09T23:39:06-05:002004-03-09T23:39:06-05:00This is a close-up of a single block from J.'s quilt. I quilted a star motif in the center of each block, and wavy lines in variegated thread around the striped border, which is pieced from black and multicolored prints.Julie

This is a close-up of a single block from J.'s quilt. I quilted a star motif in the center of each block, and wavy lines in variegated thread around the striped border, which is pieced from black and multicolored prints.

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Quilt for T.tag:typepad.com,2003:photo-3039902004-03-10T17:11:35-05:002004-03-10T17:11:35-05:00T.'s parents are avid consumers of sushi it's one of the things C., T.'s mother, missed most acutely during her pregnancy. The quilt is approximately 42" square and quilted with simple straight lines so as not to distract from the secondary design created by the piecing.Julie

T.'s parents are avid consumers of sushi &#151; it's one of the things C., T.'s mother, missed most acutely <a href="http://www.alittlepregnant.com/alittlepregnant/2003/11/happy_birthday.html">during her pregnancy</a>. The quilt is approximately 42" square and quilted with simple straight lines so as not to distract from the secondary design created by the piecing.

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Quilt for T. single blocktag:typepad.com,2003:photo-3039912004-03-10T17:11:36-05:002004-03-10T17:11:36-05:00This is a closeup of the piecing on the sushi quilt. A simple sawtooth star alternates with double snowball blocks to create the look of blocks set on point amid pieced sashing.Julie

This is a closeup of the piecing on the sushi quilt. A simple sawtooth star alternates with double snowball blocks to create the look of blocks set on point amid pieced sashing.

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Dana Raetag:typepad.com,2003:photo-11228912004-10-03T10:14:04-04:002004-10-03T10:14:04-04:00Dana is the daughter of my good friend Mollie.Julie

Dana is the daughter of my good friend <a href="http://greenerpastures.typepad.com/">Mollie</a>.

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Quilt for Dana full viewtag:typepad.com,2003:photo-11229302004-11-02T17:32:28-05:002004-11-02T17:32:28-05:00The center panel of the quilt consists of three blocks called Memory. I'm a little bit obsessed these days with this block, with the way the varations in light and dark value can create either a star or a criss-crossed lattice effect. It's flanked on either side by border print stripes and panels pieced with Chinese coins. The quilting is done in variegated thread in orchid and olive, forming a simple crosshatch here and there, and echoing the lines of the piecing in the center panel.Julie

The center panel of the quilt consists of three blocks called Memory. I'm a little bit obsessed these days with this block, with the way the varations in light and dark value can create either a star or a criss-crossed lattice effect. It's flanked on either side by border print stripes and panels pieced with Chinese coins. The quilting is done in variegated thread in orchid and olive, forming a simple crosshatch here and there, and echoing the lines of the piecing in the center panel.

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Dana with the quilt, take 1tag:typepad.com,2003:photo-11229312004-11-02T17:32:29-05:002004-11-02T17:32:29-05:00Dana prepares to taste my handiwork.Julie

Dana prepares to taste my handiwork.

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Dana with the quilt, take 2tag:typepad.com,2003:photo-11229772004-11-02T17:42:01-05:002004-11-02T17:42:01-05:00Apparently eschewing the quilt as a food source, she nevertheless finds it fit for sleeping under.Julie

Apparently eschewing the quilt as a food source, she nevertheless finds it fit for sleeping under.

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Azuretag:typepad.com,2003:photo-101089112006-07-19T15:56:03-04:002006-07-19T15:56:03-04:00Blue's daughter Azure, doing kangaroo care in the NICU under a blanket I made. The blanket is backed with silky velour and self-bound no rough stitching or irritating seams.Julie

<a href="http://navyblueelephanttrunks.blogspot.com/">Blue</a>'s daughter Azure, doing kangaroo care in the NICU under a blanket I made. The blanket is backed with silky velour and self-bound &#151; no rough stitching or irritating seams.

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Memory: The quilt for Bouldertag:typepad.com,2003:photo-114591732006-09-19T17:07:28-04:002006-09-19T17:07:28-04:00I made this quilt to help a good friend pay for infertility treatment. You can read more about the quilt and the raffle that raised over $7,000, or you can just stare at the picture until it begins to kind of vibrate.Julie

I made this quilt to help a good friend pay for infertility treatment. You can <a href="http://www.alittlepregnant.com/alittlepregnant/2006/04/memory.html">read more</a> about the quilt and the raffle that raised over $7,000, or you can just stare at the picture until it begins to kind of vibrate.

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The quilt for Emily Lynnetag:typepad.com,2003:photo-114591742006-09-19T17:07:28-04:002006-09-19T17:07:28-04:00I made this quilt to benefit a young woman who'd lost everything and was facing a premature delivery. My kind friends inside the computer bought chances to win it, raising approximately $1,000.Julie

I made this quilt to benefit a young woman who'd lost everything and was facing a premature delivery. My kind friends inside the computer bought chances to win it, raising approximately $1,000.

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Freweyne's quilttag:typepad.com,2003:photo-303195102007-01-30T10:50:33-05:002007-01-30T10:50:33-05:00This is the top for the raffle quilt to benefit Beth's adoption — to bring Kali's sister home from Ethiopia. Julie

This is the top for the raffle quilt to benefit <a href="http://www.alittlepregnant.com/alittlepregnant/2006/09/how_to_make_an_.html">Beth's adoption</a> — to bring Kali's sister home from Ethiopia.